Blacks are a Giving People
Written by By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist
24 December 2014
African Americans are overrepresented among the poor, but it would be a mistake to conclude that all African Americans are poor. We are all aware of the seven, eight, and even nine-figure ... read more >>

Race in the Un-United States of America
Written by By George E. Curry NNPA Columnist
24 December 2014
The understandable attention being focused on differing attitudes among Whites and Blacks toward law enforcement authorities in the wake of decisions by grand juries in Missouri and New York ... read more >>

Blacks Should Support Normalizing Relations with Cuba
Written by By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist
24 December 2014
President Obama’s historic announcement that the U.S. is restoring diplomatic relations with Cuba, after more than five decades of strategic political and military opposition, is today resonating ... read more >>

Don’t Let Tempting Predatory Loans Spoil Holidays
Written by By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist
19 December 2014
From Christmas carols to decorations that celebrate the season, the holidays mark the time of year when families and loved ones anticipate joyous celebrations and gift-giving. It’s a season ... read more >>

The White Majority’s Racial World of Fantasy
Written by Lee A. Daniels
19 December 2014
Now, in the season that’s supposed to exalt goodwill toward all, comes fresh evidence of the important role the White majority’s unwillingness to consider Black Americans as their ... read more >>

Let’s Have a Real Conversation about Race
Written by By John A. Powell NNPA Guest Columnist
19 December 2014
Thousands recently took to the streets in protest and outrage following a Ferguson grand jury’s decision not to indict a White police officer for fatally shooting an unarmed Black teenager, we ... read more >>

ARE THE EFFECTS OF RACISM INDELIBLE?
Written by larry Aubry l.aubry@att.net
18 December 2014
Most people believe racism and bigotry are the same, they are not. Any individual or group can be bigoted, however, racism is the ability of one group to control another based on race or ... read more >>

A Criminal Justice System that Suffocates Us
Written by By Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist
11 December 2014
“I can’t breathe,” gasped Eric Garner, again and again and again. “I can’t breathe,” he said as several police officers were on top of him, choking him, pushing his head ... read more >>

Will Video Cameras Reduce Police Brutality?
Written by By Lauren Victoria Burke NNPA Columnist
11 December 2014
“I can’t believe that in the 21st century in the United States of America, we can’t get a simple indictment for a murder of a man that was caught on videotape,” said New ... read more >>

Diversity Map Needed for America
Written by By Marian Wright Edelman NNPA Columnist
11 December 2014
Sometimes childhood experiences motivate a lifetime of extraordinary work. That is certainly true for Georgetown University Law School professor and bioethicist Patricia King, a ... read more >>

Blacks and Latinos: Cooperation or Antagonism
Written by Larry Aubry
11 December 2014
Immigration reform is just the latest issue confronting Black-Latino relations that continue to simmer on the back burner of social and political priorities. Blacks generally feel immigration ... read more >>

ACCOUNTABILITY AND THE BLACK PRESS
Written by larry Aubry l.aubry@att.net
04 December 2014
Historically, the Black press was the eyes and ears of the Black community, and a strong Black press is needed now more than ever. Erin Aubry Kaplan’s commentary, “Black Media in the Age ofAccountability ... read more >>

Debt Collectors Target the Elderly
Written by By Charlene Crowell NNPA Columnist
26 November 2014
For succeeding generations, retirement has been the time when older Americans reaped the benefits of their years in the workplace. Oftentimes at ceremonies, workers would receive a gold watch ... read more >>

Why Blacks Should Support Immigration Reform
Written by By Benjamin F. Chavis, Jr. NNPA Columnist
26 November 2014
As I watched President Barack Obama address the nation on his “controversial” Executive Order on immigration reform, I was reminded of the evening that I was inside Riverside Church in New York ... read more >>